Flag-holder.



J. W. MABIN.

FLA'Gv HOLDER.' APPLICATION msn JUNE 1s. 1911.

' IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN y INIIIINIIINHI To all whom it may concern:

VJOHN w. MABI'N, or RED WING, MINNESOTA.

FLAG-HOLDER.

Be it known that I. JOHN NLABIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Red Wing, in the county of Goodhue-'and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Flag-Holder, of which the following isa specification. j

It is the object of this invention to provide novel means whereby an arm, carrying a rotatable flag'sta, may be Vswung outwardly and rotated simultaneously to eect an unrolling of a flag on the. staff, and to provide means whereby the arm may be swung inwardly to a housed position, the staff being rotated simultaneously flag on the staif. v

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to venhance the utility of devices of that type to which the resent 'invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in viewA which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction herelnafterdescribed and claimed, itbeingunderstood that changes in theJ precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

in the accompanying drawings Figure l shows in front elevation, a portion of a building to which the device form-Y ing the subject matter of this application has been applied, parts being shown in sec-` tion;

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross section showing the stad swung outwardly and the flag unrolled;

Fig. 4 is a section on'theline 4.--4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of the structureA i Specification of Letters Patent.

to reel theY downwardly off the shaft 7. l

j .Adjacent its youter end, the arm 4 is pro' vided Vwith a depending bearing 10. The

bearingv 10 may be madefas desired, but as shown it consists of a piece of wire disposed in helical form, the endsof the helix being extended upwardly through the arm 4 and being bent over on the upper surface of the arm as shown at 12.

The numeral 14 denotes a rotatablestaftn disposed parallel to the arm 4 and journaled .in the bearing 10. Secured to the outer end in the head 5.

s'rnrns rafrnnr ernten.

y y `;ratented Mar. 12, 191s.

n Application led. June 18, 1917. Serial No. 175,450. Y i

Y 'enlargement'Q which, engagingl thehead 5 0f the arm 4, prevents the arm fromsliding n Between the bearing l'and the-headV 5,

`the stad 14 is provided with holes 18 through which are extended flexible elements 19 and knots 21 or other enlargements at their ends,

around the staE 14. The arm 4 is provided on one side with a guide 22, and a guide 23 depends from the eaves 3. `The flexible elel2O, the flexible lelements 19 and 20 having ment 19 is rove upwardly through the guide 22 and downwardly Vthrough the guide 23. The opposite side of the arm 4 is provided with a guide 24. A guide 25 projects forwardly from the vertical top board 2. The flexible element 20 is rove through the guide 24 and through the guide 25. 1f desired, the lower ends of the flexible elements 19 and 20 nay be connected as shown at 26 to form a oop.

When the flexible element 19 is drawn upon, lthe armr 4 isl swungon the shaft 7 until the guide 22 on the arm abuts against the'guide 23 on the eaves 3. The arm 4 then stands in outwardly projecting position, at

right angles to the vertical top board 2. A

continued pull on the liexible element 19 will cause a rotation of the shaft 14 in one direction, and an unfurling of the flag 15. vsupposing that the arm 4 is the outstanding position above described, the flexible element 20 may be drawn upon, swinging the arm 4 on the shaft 7 until the armis disposedparallel to the vertical top board 2, beneath the eaves 3. A continued pull on the H exible elementy 20 will cause a reverse rotatlon of the sta 14, the flag .15 being wound on the shaft. When the arm 4 is swung around as above described, beneath thev eaves 3, thethe staff le to the rea-r of the bearing 10, to

prevent the staff roni sliding outwardly, thereby disengaging the spindle 16 from the opening 17, and al washer QS'm'ay' be placed on the'V shaft 7 betweenv the head andi the eaves 37,30 that the ends l2 of the bearingflO willi not scrape the, eaves.

Having thus described? the invention, what is claimed is l 1. In' a device ofthe lclass described, a support; anV arm mounted' to swingl on the sup- Copies ofi thia patent may/be obtained for portg a staii journaied for rotation on the arm, guides on the support; and flexible Velements rove through the guides, the flexiblel elements being wound in opposite directions around the staff.

y, 2. In a device of the oiass described, .a support); an arm having an enlarged' head; a shaft.passingI through Jche head and engaging the support; a bearing carried. by the arm; a staii' journaledY in the bearing. and having its inner end journaled` inl the head; a Hag carried' by the staff guideson the support and eXible elements rove through' the guides,` the HeXible elenients'being wound in lopposite directions around the staff.

In testimony that. I claim the foregoing as-my-v own, I have heretor affixed my' signature in the presence of two Witnesses..

JOI-IN W. MARIN.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR E. ARUTSEN, 0;` A. ARU'rsEN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

